George Fisher’s father was a Quaker who founded the borough of Middletown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1755. Located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, the settlement lay nine miles below Harrisburg. Fisher passed the bar in 1787 and practiced law there until he retired to Pineford Farm, in Middletown. He died at the age of eighty-seven, and is buried in Harrisburg.
- Title
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George Fisher
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1795
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sight 2 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄4 in. (6.2 x 5.7 cm) oval
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on ivory
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Occupation – art – painter
- Portrait male – Fisher, George
- Portrait male – Fisher, George – miniature
- Portrait male – Fisher, George – bust
- Occupation – art – sculptor
- Object Number
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1950.4.24
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
